The Colorado Staff Development Council provides leadership in Colorado in the area of professional development with a focus on increasing student success, promoting change and risk-taking, and sharing expertise. CSDC serves its members and other educators by networking, problem-solving, sharing and learning collaboratively.
CSDC is an affiliate of the National Staff Development Council (NSDC) whose mission is to ensure success for all students by serving as the international network for those who improve schools and by advancing individual and organizational development.
When you register for events or apply for membership using PayPal and the online option, you must complete the entire registration process in order for CSDC to receive payment. After you fill out the registration form and hit "Submit", a picture of a credit card appears along with information about your next step. Click on the credit card picture to submit your credit card information. Thanks so much.
Check out additional professional learning opportunities offered through:
Center for Transforming Learning and Teaching
CSDC
P.O. Box 1289
Morrison, CO
80465-1289
303-697-1517
The Colorado Staff Development Council would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank all presenters of 2010 CSDC workshops. These outstanding educators volunteer their time and expertise providing excellent professional learning events for Colorado educators.
We would also like to thank the Colorado Education Association for providing copies of handouts for all CSDC events. Thanks to CEA for their generous support of both CSDC and event participants.
“21st CENTURY SCHOOLS
FOR ALL LEARNERS”
2010-2011 PD Plan
Next year's PD plan is designed to provide focused, intense professional learning opportunities to support
educators as we work together to create 21st Century Schools for all learners.
Check out the DRAFT of our menu of offerings for the 2010-2011 school year. Details of events will be
posted on our website as they become available.
Effective Coaching & Teacher Leader Programs: Essential Characteristics
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 (7:45-3:00)
You won't want to miss this outstanding conference tailored specifically for teacher leaders, instructional coaches, principals, assistant principals & central office leaders.
» Details & registration «
Registration deadline Wednesday, September 22nd.
Save the Date!
CSDC Annual Conference
January 27, 2010
Featuring…
Dr. Tom Guskey
An expert in evaluation design, analysis, and educational
reform, Dr. Tom Guskey is an educational consultant who
has worked with educators in all 50 states, Europe, and Asia.
Dr. Guskey is the author / editor of 12 books and over 100 articles. He is the only person to have twice won the National Staff Development Council's prestigious Book of the Year Award. He has also won NSDC's Article of the Year Award three times.
» Click here to view a video clip of Dr. Gusky in action.
Check our website for details as specific information becomes available.
A Message from Our Presidents
Lois Easton & Joyce Joyce: Co-Presidents
Chris Bryan: Past President
William Bridges, author of Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes and Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change, writes, “It’s a paradox: To achieve continuity, we have to be willing to change.” CSDC is no exception to the paradox. To continue our history of being a resource for professional development in Colorado, CSDC is exploring some changes. At a one-day retreat in May, the CSDC board engaged in the work of “future search” (Marvin Weisbord) using some of the strategies that Rob Bocchino taught us and many other educators, at the CSDC conference on January 20, 2010.
We created an exciting future for ourselves and then looked at current conditions in Colorado’s schools and districts. We examined federal and state legislation that will have an enormous impact on what Colorado’s schools and districts do in the next few years. Then, we compared what we are currently doing to what we need to do to achieve our best future within local, state and federal contexts.
Thank goodness CSDC was structured by its founders to promote continuity and change. One of the structures that is especially valuable in terms of current work is the structure of the presidency. CSDC’s presidents serve three years: two years as co-president with someone else and one year as past president. So, for the 2009-2010 school year Chris Bryan and Lois Easton were co-presidents with Rob Nickerson as past-president. For the 2010-2011 school year Lois Easton continues as co-president with Joyce Joyce, and Chris as past-president. And so it goes – continuity with room for change. You’ll hear more about possible changes as the year progresses.
If you’re not a CSDC member, just click on “Membership” on the Toolbar and join via the internet or print a mail-in form and enclose your membership fee. If you want to get involved in CSDC work, let us know through email.
Lois - leastoners@aol.com
Joyce - jjoyce8263@gmail.com
Chris - bryan.chris48@gmail.com
Visits since: 05/30/05
2010-2011 
Congratulations to…
Joyce Joyce, our new Co-President
and Ann Pearce, our new Secretary. We welcome them
to the CSDC Board of Directors.
Thanks to CSDC members who made time to vote for these important offices.
Click here to read this interesting article by Tracy Crow, Associate Director of NSDC publications.
» Read a letter to CSDC from Senator Michael Bennet pdf
NSDC’s New Definition of Professional Development
NSDC’s new definition of professional development is what we have been waiting for! The definition means that at long last, NSDC, the leader in the field of professional development, is prepared to describe explicitly how school systems and schools must organize and implement professional learning to increase student achievement. Note that while the definition is rooted in the essential elements of NSDC’s Standards for Staff Development, it goes beyond the Standards. Whereas the Standards describe the broad conditions necessary for high quality professional development, the definition takes the next step to delineate specific practices school systems and schools must put in place to improve the performance of educators and students.
» Click here to view a printable copy of NSDC’s definition of Professional Development.